NATIONAL AFFAIRS: ‘Same-sex marriage’ would require change to Constitution*

A leading Australian constitutional lawyer, Dr Augusto Zimmermann, has questioned whether amendment to the Commonwealth Marriage Act to permit “same-sex marriage” would be constitutional, and said that such a change could only be adopted through a constitutional amendment. Dr Augusto Zimmermann Dr Zimmermann was speaking at the Victorian Parliament House, during National Marriage Day celebrations on August 13. Brazilian-born Dr Zimmermann is an internationally-recognised leg…

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